m5dn.4xlarge
General purpose · m5dn series · Intel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)
- vCPU
- 16
- Memory
- 64 GiB
- Linux / hour
- $1.09
- Per month
- $794
- Per vCPU-hour
- $0.0680
- Per GiB-hour
- $0.0170
Analysis
The m5dn.4xlarge is a general purpose instance in the m5dn series with 16 vCPUs and 64 GiB of memory on Intel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake) (up to 3.1 GHz), which makes it balanced at 4 GiB of memory per vCPU.
Within the same generation and size, the m5a.4xlarge on AMD EPYC 7571 costs $0.6880/hour, 37% less ($292 a month). The other variants are the m5.4xlarge at $0.7680, the m5ad.4xlarge at $0.8240 and the m5d.4xlarge at $0.9040.
Running it in N. Virginia instead of Tokyo saves $228 a month per instance: $1.09/hour against $1.40/hour, a 29% spread. It is not offered in Canada Central, São Paulo, London, Mumbai and Sydney, so plan around that if you need a presence there.
On demand it costs $1.09/hour in US East (N. Virginia), $794 a month if left running, which puts it mid-table for general purpose types at the 71st percentile per vCPU ($0.0680 per vCPU-hour) and the 71st percentile per GiB ($0.0170 per GiB-hour).
Looking beyond its own line, 25 of 37 current types with 16 vCPUs and similar memory are cheaper. The cheapest of those is the m6g.4xlarge on AWS Graviton2 at $0.6160/hour.
It has local instance storage (2 x 300 GB NVMe SSD), which is fast but lost when the instance stops. Network: Up to 25 Gigabit.
Price by region (USD per hour)
| Region | Linux | Windows | 1-yr RI | 3-yr RI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N. Virginia us-east-1 | $1.09 | $1.82 | $0.6850 | $0.4230 | |
| Ohio us-east-2 | $1.09 | $1.82 | $0.6850 | $0.4230 | |
| Oregon us-west-2 | $1.09 | $1.82 | $0.6850 | $0.4230 | |
| Ireland eu-west-1 | $1.22 | $1.95 | $0.7660 | $0.5250 | |
| Frankfurt eu-central-1 | $1.30 | $2.03 | $0.8160 | $0.5600 | |
| Singapore ap-southeast-1 | $1.34 | $2.07 | $0.8420 | $0.5270 | |
| Tokyo ap-northeast-1 | $1.40 | $2.14 | $0.8820 | $0.6050 |
Shared tenancy, no pre-installed software. Reserved rates are standard, no upfront, per hour. Prices as of 2026-11-04.
Same shape, other types
| Type | vCPU | Memory | $/hour | vs m5dn.4xlarge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| m6g.4xlarge AWS Graviton2 Processor | 16 | 64 GiB | $0.6160 | -43% |
| m7g.4xlarge AWS Graviton3 Processor | 16 | 64 GiB | $0.6528 | -40% |
| m5a.4xlarge AMD EPYC 7571 | 16 | 64 GiB | $0.6880 | -37% |
| m6a.4xlarge AMD EPYC 7R13 Processor | 16 | 64 GiB | $0.6912 | -36% |
| m8g.4xlarge AWS Graviton4 Processor | 16 | 64 GiB | $0.7181 | -34% |
| m6gd.4xlarge AWS Graviton2 Processor | 16 | 64 GiB | $0.7232 | -34% |
Cost calculator
Specs
| vCPU | 16 |
|---|---|
| Memory | 64 GiB (4.0 per vCPU) |
| Processor | Intel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake) |
| Clock | 3.1 GHz |
| Storage | 2 x 300 NVMe SSD |
| Network | Up to 25 Gigabit |
m5dn sizes
| m5dn.large | 2 vCPU | $0.1360 |
| m5dn.xlarge | 4 vCPU | $0.2720 |
| m5dn.2xlarge | 8 vCPU | $0.5440 |
| m5dn.4xlarge | 16 vCPU | $1.09 |
| m5dn.8xlarge | 32 vCPU | $2.18 |
| m5dn.12xlarge | 48 vCPU | $3.26 |
| m5dn.16xlarge | 64 vCPU | $4.35 |
| m5dn.24xlarge | 96 vCPU | $6.53 |